When calling unregister_node(), the function shows following message at device_release(). Device 'node2' does not have a release() function, it is broken and must be fixed. So the patch implements node_device_release() CC: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Wen Congyang <wency@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Index: linux-3.5-rc1/drivers/base/node.c =================================================================== --- linux-3.5-rc1.orig/drivers/base/node.c 2012-06-14 09:09:53.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-3.5-rc1/drivers/base/node.c 2012-06-25 18:40:45.810261969 +0900 @@ -252,6 +252,12 @@ static inline void hugetlb_register_node static inline void hugetlb_unregister_node(struct node *node) {} #endif +static void node_device_release(struct device *dev) +{ + struct node *node_dev = to_node(dev); + + memset(node_dev, 0, sizeof(struct node)); +} /* * register_node - Setup a sysfs device for a node. @@ -265,6 +271,7 @@ int register_node(struct node *node, int node->dev.id = num; node->dev.bus = &node_subsys; + node->dev.release = node_device_release; error = device_register(&node->dev); if (!error){ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html